Jamel Williams
Restaurant dining room with timber tables, patterned banquettes, a red bar at the back, and a glowing oval ceiling with a chandelier.
Interiors & ExperiencePhotographThe dining room beneath an oval ceiling with a golden fiber chandelier.

Restaurant

Define the direction

Mama Rouge

One atmosphere, carried through room and detail.

In brief

Mama Rouge connects dining rooms, bar and circulation through a consistent language of color, pattern and light. The restaurant's character develops through the sequence of spaces and the details guests encounter.

Role
Designer, Collective Architecture
Disciplines
Interiors, Hospitality
Status
Completed
  • Interiors & Experience
  • Brand & Expression

The direction in practice

A continuous atmosphere

Red lacquer, patterned banquettes and warm timber establish the material palette. A golden fiber chandelier gives the main dining room a focal point, while ornamental screens and a mirrored back bar extend its character.

A corridor of yellow and red light connects the rooms, carrying the atmosphere beyond the dining table.

Gallery

The work

Table beside a patterned banquette, with a tall wall of timber tiles and red panelling.
Brand & ExpressionPhotographA banquette and a wall of timber tiles beside red lacquer panelling.
Tall view of a wall of timber tiles above a long banquette and a row of set tables.
Brand & ExpressionPhotographThe timber-tile wall rising above a patterned banquette.
Wide view of a restaurant with a chandelier in an oval ceiling, red bar, and many set tables.
Interiors & ExperiencePhotographA wide view of the dining room and bar.
A bar with red stools below shelves of bottles, in front of a patterned banquette.
Interiors & ExperiencePhotographThe bar, with red stools, a patterned banquette, and a mirrored back wall.
Close view of a black cast screen pattern with red bar stools blurred behind it.
Brand & ExpressionPhotographA cast ornamental screen with red bar stools beyond.
Dining room seen from the end of a table, with a glowing oval ceiling and red bar at the far end.
Interiors & ExperiencePhotographThe dining room seen down its length, with the chandelier ceiling above.
Restroom with red walls, a white basin, and a mirror showing bands of yellow and red light.
Brand & ExpressionPhotographA red restroom with a mirror reflecting the corridor light.
A red table with curved legs beside a patterned banquette, timber tables, and a patterned floor.
Interiors & ExperiencePhotographA red side table among banquettes and dining tables.
A banquette and table in warm tones with a wall lamp, and a corridor with a painted figure in the distance.
Brand & ExpressionPhotographA banquette with the painted corridor beyond.

Contribution and status

What was delivered

My contribution

Designer, Collective Architecture. Contributed to the restaurant design as a designer at Collective Architecture.

Result and status

Completed restaurant, documented in photography.

Project information

At a glance

Years
2016
Status
Completed
Role
Designer, Collective Architecture
Scope
Restaurant interiors.
Practice
Collective Architecture
Lenses
  • Interiors & Experience
  • Brand & Expression

Credits

Originating practice
Collective Architecture
Personal involvement
Contributed to the restaurant design as a designer at Collective Architecture.